Hi Phil,
Yes, self-portraits in a mirror can be a lot of fun, I have always used
50mm lenses for it and it has worked very well, the only thing to
remember is that you will need to load your negative into your enlarger
carrier upside down in order to get a print that looks as if someone is
looking at you, or else everything will be reversed. I've done several
different things with mirrors; portraits of people in order to get
double images, portraits of my wife primping and putting on make-up, and
interesting scenery by photographing out of a car window, and including
the side-view mirror in the image.
Have fun!
Larry Otto
Phillip Franklin wrote:
>
> I'm sure some of you optics experts can help me here. I was making a feeble
> attempt at
> shooting a self portrait by shooting my reflection in a wall mirror with the
> 135 mm lens.
> While focusing I noticed a unique phenomena which puzzled me a bit. I was
> standing about 6
> feet from the mirror. While I was in focus, objects a few feet behind me (in
> the mirror)
> were not. I would think that since the mirror is a flat surface all of the
> objects in this
> reflection would be on the same distance from the camera, hence be in focus.
> I've never
> thought of this phenomena before. I guess the mirror is only acting a bounce
> off plane so
> that the actual optical distance would be the twice the distance to the
> mirror (the true
> distance of the travel of light). I'm sure this goes by some fancy name. Am
> I explaining
> this correctly?
>
> Also are any of you experieced at shooting self portraits into a mirror? I
> know it is a
> strange thing to do, but it seems interesting.
>
> Phillip Franklin
>
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